The Pennsylvania Department of Health has found that the Southeastern Veterans’ Center, the nursing home for veterans in Spring City that gave at least 30 people an experimental course of hydroxychloroquine, endangered the welfare of its residents through widespread infection-control failures that went on for months, write Debbie Cenziper and Shawn Mulcahy for The Washington Post.

The report by state regulators describes serious breakdowns in patient care and safety by nursing home administrators. These include a lack of plans to manage patients who contracted the virus, conduct contact tracing and investigations, and protect residents from infections and various diseases.

As residents began getting sick and dying, staffers continued to work without personal protective equipment and were not always screened for illness before entering the facility. Additionally, staff members who had been exposed to infected veterans continued to work in units alongside healthy residents.

According to regulators, the conditions placed 128 of the facility’s 154 residents in immediate jeopardy.

The report’s findings largely confirm allegations made by some staffers and relatives of residents who said that the Center made little effort to limit the spread of COVID-19 and ultimately turned to using hydroxychloroquine.

Read more about the Southeastern Veterans’ Center in The Washington Post here.

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